An Interview with Allaine Stricklen

HEART WIDE OPEN

Where are you from?

ORIGINALLY FROM LONDON ENGLAND LIVING IN MIAMI CURRENTLY.

How did yoga come into your life and what has that journey been like for you?

YOGA CAME INTO MY LIFE WHEN I WAS 7 YEARS YOUNG. I LEARNED FIRSTLY HOW TO MEDITATE AND RELAX THEN THE ASANA PRANAYAMA PRACTICE CAME NEXT. MY VERY FIRST MEDITATION EXPERIENCE I FLOATED AND TRAVELED IN SPACE (ASTRAL REALM).

How has yoga changed and what do you feel it creates in your daily life?

YOGA FOR ME IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AS I PRACTICE EVERY DAY I HAVE LEARNED TO LISTEN TO WHAT MY BODY MIND AND SPIRIT GUIDE ME TO EXPERIENCE.

What is yoga to you?

YOGA FOR ME HAS BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE MAGICAL HEALING MYSTICAL AND HUMBLING PRACTICE. YOGA HAS TAUGHT ME FLEXIBILITY OPENNESS & PATIENCE WHICH I TAKE OFF MY YOGA MAT INTO MY LIFE. SO MUCH GRATITUDE, JOY, LOVE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO MANIFEST IN MY LIFE. THANKS TO THE YOGA PATH.

How did you feel after your first yoga class and how do you feel this influences or impacts the space you create for your students?

I ACTUALLY CRIED AND CRIED DURING MY VERY FIRST YOGA CLASS SAVASANA, AND CONTINUED TO SHED LAYERS AND LAYERS OF EMOTION FOR YEARS AFTERWARDS, AS YOGA HELPED ME TO LET GO OF HELD STUCK EMOTION.

I LOVE TO CREATE A CALM WARM & WELCOMING SPACE FOR EVERYONE WHO JOINS ME TO PRACTICE WITH NO JUDGEMENT JUST ENCOURAGEMENT AND LOVE.

Who were you before you started practicing and how have you changed, evolved, and transformed?

I CERTAINLY WAS A VERY ACTIVE CHILD VERY INQUISITIVE INDEED. YOGA BREATHWORK & MEDITATION HAVE CERTAINLY TRANSFORMED ME TO MOVE INTO STILLNESS WITHOUT JUDGEMENT AND LOVE MYSELF MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY.

What has been your biggest struggle and your biggest milestone in the practice, in teaching, and within the yoga community?

BEING PATIENT ON EVERY LEVEL LEARNING TO PLANT A SEED AND WATER IT WATCH IT GROW AND HAVING FAITH THAT STUDENTS WILL SHOW UP READY TO GROW EVOLVE AND HEAL.

What has been the most inspirational moment you’ve experienced as a yoga student?

THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT AS A STUDENT MEETING BKS IYENGAR IN PUNE INDIA. WHAT AN AMAZING MOMENT. I AM TRULY GRATEFUL.

What has been the most inspirational moment you’ve experienced as a yoga teacher?

THERE ARE SO MANY INSPIRATIONAL MOMENTS I HAVE EXPERIENCED ESPECIALLY WHEN I SEE STUDENTS HEALING THEMSELVES, PURE BLISS FOR MY HEART AND SOUL.

Why do you practice?

I FEEL SO MUCH MORE POWERFUL AND VIBRANT WHEN I PRACTICE YOGA.

Why do you teach?

I LOVE TO SHARE WISDOM KNOWLEDGE TO HELP SUPPORT NURTURE AND HEAL EVERYONE I MEET WITH A SMILE LOVE AND JOY…. IT FEEDS MY SOUL AND NOURISHES MY HEART.

Do you have any recommended yoga reading?

LIGHT ON YOGA BKS IYENGAR
BREAKING THE HABIT OF BEING YOURSELF DR JOE DISPENZA

Through your own personal journey, what do you feel is your path and offering to the community- local and global?

GENTLE THERAPEUTICS YOGA IS A GENTLE HEALING APPROACH TO YOGA USING PROPS SUCH AS CHAIRS, BLOCKS BLANKETS AND BOLSTERS TO FACILITATE THE POSTURES AND SUPPORT THE BODY… I LOVE PROPS AND INVITE MY STUDENTS TO EMBRACE THEM…

What advice would you give to someone who is just starting out on their yoga journey?

FIND A TEACHER YOU LOVE…. TRY DIFFERENT STYLES OF YOGA …

Are there any current projects you’re working on that you can tell us about?

I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON LEARNING ABOUT THE BRAIN AND STUDYING POLY VAGAL THERAPY AND HAVE BECOME A HEALTH COACH AS WELL.

What’s your favorite book?

LIGHT ON YOGA BKS IYENGAR

What’s your favorite meal at a restaurant?

I LOVE SOUPS VEGGIE CURRY, SO ASIAN FOOD INDIAN FOOD WITH SPICES I LOVE ALSO.

What’s your favorite meal to make at home?

ANYTHING GREEN VEGGIES ESPECIALLY FRESH JUICES SALADS

What do you like to do for fun that’s non-yoga related?

ANYTHING THAT IS FOOD-RELATED I LOVE TO COOK AND EAT OF COURSE…

Who is your greatest inspiration?

BKS IYENGAR GURY MAYI SIDDHA YOGA MEDITATION DR JOE DISPENZA

Do you have a favorite podcast?

I LOVE ANYTHING ON TED TALKS AND ALSO I LOVE HOMEBOUND AND NO TOILET PAPER PODCAST.

If you were stranded on an island what 3 things would you bring with you?

WATER, FOOD, YOGA MAT

When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up?

A STOCK BROKER

What’s your favorite movie?

DEATH IN VENICE DIRK BOGART

What’s your favorite TV series?

DO NOT HAVE A TV.

Do you have a favorite band/singer?

EARTH WIND AND FIRE

Favorite song to dance to?

HIGHER LOVE BY WHITNEY HOUSTON

What’s your favorite quote/affirmation/mantra?

TODAY I WELCOME INFINITE POSSIBILITIES WITH OPEN ARMS, I ACCEPT SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSE, I KNOW THAT ABUNDANCE OF HEALTH WEALTH AND LOVE ARE AVAILABLE TO ME NOW.

What is your life’s biggest question?

HOW DO YOU BECOME A GENIUS????

By Allaine Stricklen

By Allaine Stricklen is an accredited Master Yoga Instructor with the Yoga Alliance and IAYT -International Association of Yoga Therapists. Allaine teaches and offers meditation sessions, workshops, and Teacher Training programs all over the world including Miami. Her unique style of teaching derives from her extensive studies in many different styles of Yoga, including Iyengar Yoga. Allaine is the creator of Gentle Therapeutics Yoga, a method utilizing props to restore the body’s balance and vitality. She currently teaches at many studios in the Miami area About Gentle Therapeutics Yoga is the Yoga of non-doing and the core practice underlying the essence of all Yoga. Even those with an active dynamic practice will benefit greatly from the inner peace and deep release of this Restorative class. Gentle Therapeutics Yoga is the practice of entering into Yoga postures using an assortment of props: blankets, bolsters, blocks, straps, walls, chairs, eye pillows etc. Supported and stabilized by various props, one experiences the Yoga postures as profoundly relaxing and deeply rejuvenating, invoking a natural state of healing rest, renewal, and equanimity. Supported and passive yoga postures allow the body to naturally release, letting go of held tension and stress. The results are a balanced state of being from the inside out. Gentle Therapeutics Yoga is a life-enhancing practice and is appropriate for anyone at any age or stage of life and in any physical condition.

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